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Question about Sardines (s01e01) -- SPOILER

posted 7 years ago by Helena727
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Why would Pip want to kill everyone rather than just the family and the cleaner (all of whom are vaguely implicated in his trauma)?
Granted, some of the people there who had nothing to do with his trauma were dreadful (the couple seeking to use "the old man" for his connections),
but some who had no connection were pleasant or benign (Rachel, her boyfriend, the boyfriend played by Reece S.).

?

Thanks.

(PS: I think it was clumsy to have Ian/Pip to remark on his initials so early on -- a big flashing arrow that he is a figure of, or will be the cause of, death.)

"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."

[–] Cranmer (139) 4 years ago

My guess is that Pip is so mentally disturbed that he is not thinking rationally. If he is prepared to burn alive several people in a wardrobe it probably does not matter much to him if one or two are 'innocent' - they will just be 'collateral damage'.

What puzzles me more is whether he was actually able to do any damage. Those little cabinet locks on wardrobes can be easily broken and a bit of lighter fuel would be unlikely to cause a large fire straight away. My guess is that Pip set himself on fire but the others were able to get out of the wardrobe once he had been overcome.

Question about Sardines (s01e01) -- ***SPOILER***

Question about Sardines (s01e01) -- SPOILER